Jammy cupcakes with mascarpone topping

One of my fellow baking buddies made some scrumptious vanilla cupcakes with a gooey strawberry middle….had to get in on the action.

I followed my favourite Jamie Oliver sponge cake recipe (from his COOK with Jamiebook) and coupled it with some advice I got here on how to fill a cupcake with jam. I then added some mascarpone topping to finish (my own invention, inspired from the success of the Gin & Tonic cupcakes I recently made).

Make it:

You will need:

Sponge mixture:

225g unsalted butter

225g self-raising flour

225g caster sugar

4 Free-range eggs (to give it that extra wow factor)

Topping:

250g Mascarpone cheese

50g Icing sugar

Method: Cake mixture:

Preheat the oven, 200c

Beat the butter and sugar together

Add the eggs one at a time

Add the flour

Grease each cupcake holder (if you’re using silicon ones so they don’t stick)